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Court rules rapper’s lyrics, remake of N.W.A.’s “F– the Police”, is threat against cops on appeal
Jamal Knox, a 24-year-old Black rapper, was found guilty of making direct threats towards police in a new song by Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday after an appeal.
In the age of body positivity, why is it so hard to imagine fat girls as more than sad & alone?
By Briana Lawrence Once upon a time, there was a nine-year-old girl who had to lose weight for her father’s wedding. She was gonna be the cutest flower girl to ever walk down the aisle, but only after she dropped a few pounds. With the guidance of her soon-to-be stepmother, she lost the weight, fit […]
White farmers raise alarms after South Africa begins redistributing land to Blacks
Last week, African National Congress (ANC) chairman Gwede Mantashe announced that South Africa’s white farming community could have it taken from them without compensation after some disputed the prices the government offered for the land. According to Express, now some experts are trying scare the government away from the plan by arguing it could lead […]
How schools shame poor students
by Roni Dean-Burren It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s back to school season and I’m ecstatic. My friends and family are posting photos of their kids in their full backpacks with new shoes and grinning faces as they head back to 187 days of learning bliss. In the midst of all this […]
PA Supreme Court publishes bombshell report on clergy abuse, 300 priests named over 30 years
This past Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court published the most thorough investigation into Catholic clergy abuse the nation has seen. The 1,400 legal report names about 300 priests as child sexual abusers with more than 1,000 victims over a period of 30 years
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul”, passed way Thursday morning
Remembered as the undisputed “Queen of Soul”, musical legend, Aretha Franklin, passed away Thursday morning after her long battle with pancreatic cancer. Franklin was 76 years young.
Our hair is a map to freedom: What I learned about resistance from the “1st” free Black town in the Americas
By Teju Adisa-Farrar When God made mountains He made runaway slaves — Nikki Giovanni, Chasing Utopia We were not supposed to survive. Last month, AfroPunk published an article about Argentina’s genocide of their Black populations. Unsurprisingly, Argentina is not much different from other countries who have tried to erase their Black populations or their impact […]
Keith Ellison wins Democratic nomination for MN attorney general despite abuse allegations
Keith Ellison won the Minnesota primary election for attorney general and will go on to face Republican candidate Doug Wardlow despite allegations of abuse from an ex-girlfriend. Speaking to a group of supporters at the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis, Ellison said of the allegations “We had a very unexpected event at the end of this […]
DA reverses sheriff’s decision not to charge white man who killed Black man over FL parking space
Florida’s notorious “Stand Your Ground” law has faced renewed criticism for allowing a white man, Michael Drejka, to fatally shoot an unarmed Black man, Markeis McGlockton, after McGlockton pushed Drejka away from harassing his girlfriend and child. Almost a month after the fatal shooting, Drejka was finally charged on manslaughter by state prosecutors. As the […]
“We microchip our dogs”: OH city council member proposes microchips instead of ankle monitors
Earlier in June 2018, the Toledo City Council was debating the use of electronic microchips to monitor pre-trial detainees. Council member Rod Ludeman justified the need for microchips arguing that ankle monitors are not enough to prevent potential crimes from happening.
The first ever WakandaCon offered Black sanctuary in an unexpectedly emotional experience
When Beyoncé’s Lemonade dropped in 2016, I became the target of ire from many of her fans. The album, its imagery, and subject matter did not move me in the way that it moved most of them, and my apathy towards it and critiques of the artist have always been easily dismissed as hateration. But […]
You are worth more than what you did today despite what anti-Black capitalism says
By Jae Nichelle We have all seen some version of the same thing on social media: praise for someone who is “self-made,” any iteration of the phrase “we all have the same 24 hours” or someone promoting their personal brand. Society normalizes the idea that “success” only comes from breaking our backs day in and […]